From: brian@worldcontrol.com
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Money stifles innovation [was: Linux stifles innovation.]
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:09:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010218180942.A17699@top.worldcontrol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010218140839.A14166@top.worldcontrol.com> <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102181745310.18324-100000@anime.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102181745310.18324-100000@anime.net>; from goemon@anime.net on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 05:47:10PM -0800
> > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 12:57:14AM -0800, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > > The XOR patent and the fraudulent enforcement of it is the purest
> > > embodiment of everything that is wrong with the patent system and IP law.
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 brian@worldcontrol.com wrote:
> > As a person with a some decades of experience with patents and
> > trademarks, and playing among the various sides, I can state
> > quite unequivocally that the problem is money.
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 05:47:10PM -0800, Dan Hollis wrote:
> Actually the problem is lack of morals and bad people who are really evil
> at the core (you wouldnt want them for your neighbor).
Many have heard the saying 'money is the root of all evil'.
The quote is in fact 'the pursuit of money is the root of all evil'.
Thanks go to Dan Hollis for reminding me of this.
--
Brian Litzinger <brian@worldcontrol.com>
Copyright (c) 2000 By Brian Litzinger, All Rights Reserved
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-19 2:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-18 8:44 XOR [ was: Linux stifles innovation.] brian
2001-02-18 8:57 ` Dan Hollis
2001-02-18 22:08 ` Money stifles innovation [was: " brian
2001-02-19 1:47 ` Dan Hollis
2001-02-19 2:09 ` brian [this message]
2001-02-19 2:19 ` Neil Brown
2001-02-19 3:29 ` [OT] Re: Money stifles innovation Gregory Maxwell
2001-02-19 4:15 ` Dan Hollis
2001-02-18 20:04 ` XOR [ was: Linux stifles innovation.] Aaron Tiensivu
2001-02-18 20:04 ` Aaron Tiensivu
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